Why God made Women

The head of psychiatry at Stanford University is reported as stating that one of the best things a man can do for his health is be married to a woman whereas one of the best things a woman can do for her health is nurture her relationships with her girlfriends.

This might sound bizarre, but when women interact with one another they share from their souls, whereas men interact on a shallower level through external activities like sport. Men brush the surface of their troubles by numbing away their feelings with beers, physical exercise and comradery. They pretend to be strong and independent, but as they deny their feelings to be nurtured they cause themselves ill health and shortened life.

Let's take a look at the essential qualities of the yin and the yang, the male and female energies that make up the perfect balance that we, humanity, are.

The definition of male energy is outer focus, actioning, achieving. It implies force, movement and firmness. Male energy interestingly enough creates individuality, independence and separateness.

Feminine energy is the flip side of the same coin and is experienced in receptivity, softness, flexibility, creativity and nurturing. It's focus is on the inner world of feelings and is expressed as cooperation and togetherness. 

You can see that both of these polarities, if not matched with their complimentary opposite, are 'ego' out of control. The dominant male energy asserts that it is superior and is controlling and forceful. The stand alone female energy becomes weak and submissive and seeks to be filled by external factors. Male energy, out of control, loses itself in ruthless violence, aggression and war. Female energy that is overly expressed is clingy, needy and dependent.

The energy that Earth now needs to balance its current masculine overdose is feminine energy. Most women have become unbalanced in their masculine energies in order to survive and make it in the formerly 'dog-eat-dog', male-focused world.

We all have masculine and feminine energy within us. That creates the perfect symbiosis between achieving and being. We all need to nurture our feminine energy. We all need to connect and engage with one another. We need to garner our femininity and provide support for each other in stressful and difficult times. We need to share our feelings and offer a shoulder of comfort in each other's suffering. We need to foster interdependence and oneness.

Feminine energy is crucial for our health and for longevity. Physically speaking, the time spent with girlfriends creates serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. So if you're feeling down or depressed who you gonna call? A girlfriend, a wife, a mother, a sister or daughter. Feminine energy is good for your health.

I googled life expectancy and noted that in first world countries the expected life span of a woman is on average five years longer than a man's. 

The bottom line is women outlast men and it could well be accredited to the fact that women embrace their feelings. They are more willing to recognise their weaknesses and foster interdependent relationships. Women recognise their need for real friends who connect on a soul level. Women intuitively know how to foster longevity in themselves and others and hence I have observed that when many couples split up, it is the men who seem less likely to manage to live by themselves. Women have the support of their girlfriends. We all need the nurturing of feminine energy. We all need to feel self-love and compassion.

So go on, pick up the phone and make a date with a woman, but more importantly make that connect with your inner goddess. We all have one. Make regular dates to go within and seek soul time and nurture compassion for yourself. Balance your masculine with a healthy dose of super feminine energy.

Have a divine week embracing your feminine side

in softness, love and nurturing
Nicolette